The marketplace, essentially the default execution ground within the Daji Dynasty's territory, exists in every province, state, and county and doubles as the simplest vegetable market.
Why execute criminals at the marketplace? The answer is straightforward: it's where the bottom tier of society frequents most.
The unspoken rule of public execution at the marketplace served as a warning to the Daji Dynasty's most impoverished citizens, showing them the grim fate of lawbreakers.
The street Chen Ku was standing on was called New Street, a newer road in the outer city, somewhat muddy and not yet paved with bricks. He watched as Ni Kun's prison cart approached from this direction.
Li Yuancheng spotted his brother-in-law amongst the crowd, somewhat surprised, and came over to ask, "What are you doing here?"
"I was about to head back to Medicine King Hall; I didn't expect to come across this on the way," Chen Ku replied truthfully.
